Chopping-knife.



PATENTED APR.'28,\190

J. LAVENDER, CHOPPING KNIFE.

APPLIGATION FILED NOV. 15, 1902.

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To all. whom, it nlay concern: I f

Be itkno wn' that I, THOMAS JQLA ENDER, a citizen of the'United States,residing at Grand Rapids, in the county of Kent and' State f- Michigan,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Chopping-Knives;-and I do hereby declare thefollowing to'be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableOthers skilled in the art to which it apperta'ins to make and" useth'eMy invention relates toiimprovements in chopping-knives for cuttingmeats and vege-' tables into fine vparticlesand has for its ob- I jectan implement of this .kind which may also beused for cutting or formingdough into the required shape for biscuits, cakes, &c.

With this and other objects in view the in-, vention consists in a novelarrangement and combination of parts; hereinafter described and'claimed.

a perspectiveview of my invention. Fig. 2 is a like view showing itarranged as a doughcutter.

verse knives detached.

the-knife by two side pieces7, which are riveted thereto, as at 7 andare also provided In the accompanying drawings,Figure l is Fig. 3 is afront elevation of the trans-- Referring specificallyto the drawings,

with shoulders 7"," resting on the upper edge 5" of the knife witha Viewto greater strength. I

- Transverse knives 8extend'jdiametrically within the annular knife" andare alsoProvided with a sharpened lower-edge 8",, occupyi'ng the samehorizontal plane as the cut- 40" I ting edges 5 The. knives 8 aresecured to the lower-end of a shank '9, the-upper end of- ,which isthreaded, as at 9"; and screws into a threadedsocket in the handle 6.The knives 8-fit loosely within the annular knifeand are 5 readilyremoved by unscrewing the shank, 9

from the ban 1e 6. This is very handyand permits the nife 5 to be usedalone as a dough-cutterfor forming biscuits, cakes,-&c.'

- As will be seen, my device is very simple 59' in construction andinexpensive to na-nufac- T ture. Having thus described my invention,what is claimed as new, and desired tobe securedby. Letters Patent,is-.- l g 1 Thecombinationwith an annularkn-ife and the handle thereofhaving a threaded socket, ,of a shank adapted to be screwed to saidsocket, and transverse knives on the shank within said annular knife,substantially as 60 described. I a

In testimony whereof Ia-fiix my signaturev in presence of two witnesses;

v I THOMAS J. AVEN R.

Witnesses S. S. M LES,

JENNIE MILES.

